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		Capitalism ^Votes:0 Capitalism Capitalism is a difficult, problematic term; it applies to a diversity of phenomenon spread across disparate historical cultures with substantially variable world views. However, the term is an Enlightenment European term used to describe European practices; so the term "capitalism" means more than just a body of social practices easily applied across geographical and historical distances, it is also a "way of thinking," and as a way of thinking does not necessarily apply to earlier European origins of capitalism or to capitalism as practiced in other cultures. The earliest forms of capitalismwhich we call "mercantilism"originate in Rome, the Middle East, and the early Middle Ages. Mercantilism might be roughly defined as the distribution of goods in order to realize Read More Go to Site


		Making Microsoft Safe for Capitalism by James Gleick ^Votes:0 A Plague on E-Mail Time to do something about spam. Here's what and why. Patently Absurd The disaster in progress that the U.S. patent system has become. Bartlett's Updated Creating a new edition of a great book of quotations is an adventure in cultural excavation. How did the editors of Bartlett's do? Einstein A profile for the century's end. What the Beep? Our electronic devices are trying to tell us something. But what, and which? "I Agree" What rights do you give away when you blithely click that innocent-looking button? Accounting for Taste On-line merchants try to read our minds. If we like One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, will we like 10,000 Maniacs? Push Me, Pull You Push was the next big thing, according to just about everyone. Or so it seemed in the spring of 1997. Hold the Spam Read More Go to Site

		Misconceptions ^Votes:0 Misconceptions, Confusions, and Conflicts Concerning Socialism, Communism, and Capitalism It is not surprising that after a century and a half of fierce conflict, the defenders of socialism, Communism and capitalism should have considerably muddied the waters by caricaturing each other's positions and misusing each other's terminology. One might suppose that with the collapse of Communist states internationally and the end of the Cold War these the ideas could be examined more dispassionately, but the problem is that leftist ideas are not being examined at all except in the rarefied atmosphere of Western universities and in scattered disempowered political movements around the world. Previous generations of Americans often had misconceptions about Communism, but the current generation usua Read More Go to Site

		Neoliberalism: origins, theory, definition. ^Votes:0 Neoliberalism: origins, theory, definition Since the 1990's activists use the word 'neoliberalism' for global market-liberalism ('capitalism') and for free-trade policies. In this sense, it is widely used in South America. 'Neoliberalism' is often used interchangeably with 'globalisation'. But free markets and global free trade are not new, and this use of the word ignores developments in the advanced economies. The analysis here compares neoliberalism with its historical predecessors. Neoliberalism is not just economics: it is a social and moral philosophy, in some aspects qualitatively different from liberalism. Last changes 02 December 2005. You may republish and reproduce the content of this webpage, for non-commercial and academic purposes. Neoliberalism inadequately defined? The defi Read More Go to Site

		new webpage ^Votes:0 Harry Cleaver's web page can now be found here . Read More Go to Site

		Union for Radical Political Economics ^Votes:0 Union For Radical Political Economics Last updated 10/11/2007 Join URPE! Publications · Newsletter · Review of Radical Political Economics · URPE Reader (pdf format) Conferences · Summer Workshop/Retreat, August 2007 · Call for papers, URPE at ASSA 2008 · Information on URPE at ASSA, January 2008 (and back meetings) Economy Connection (Speaker/Resource Bureau) URPE Listserv Tools for Teaching Heterodox Economics · Syllabi · Texts, Books, and Sppementary Materials · Journals · Teaching Heterodox Economics in High Schools · Political Economy of War, Oil, Natural Resources and the Military · The FTAA · Gloves Off · Dollars and Sense Tools for Economic Justice Activists · Papers, Briefings, and Fact Sheets · Political Economy of War, Oil, Natural Resources and the Military · The FTAA · Iran Cr Read More Go to Site

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